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| Cameroon debates criminalising adultery | Cameroon debates criminalising adultery |
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| Men who commit adultery could be sent to jail under a new law being debated by parliament in Cameroon. | Men who commit adultery could be sent to jail under a new law being debated by parliament in Cameroon. |
| The law has the backing of President's Paul Biya's party and so might be approved. | The law has the backing of President's Paul Biya's party and so might be approved. |
| Women already face being jailed for between two to six months for having sexual relations outside marriage and men would face the same punishment. | Women already face being jailed for between two to six months for having sexual relations outside marriage and men would face the same punishment. |
| Bar Association head Ngnie Kamga said the law would "take Cameroon backwards and would send more people to prisons". | Bar Association head Ngnie Kamga said the law would "take Cameroon backwards and would send more people to prisons". |
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| The BBC's Richard Onanena in Cameroon says that women have been jailed for adultery. | The BBC's Richard Onanena in Cameroon says that women have been jailed for adultery. |
| "Men having children out of wedlock should be punished because that is evidence of adultery," one member of parliament, Tomaino Ndam Njoya, is reported to have said during the debate. | "Men having children out of wedlock should be punished because that is evidence of adultery," one member of parliament, Tomaino Ndam Njoya, is reported to have said during the debate. |